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IP phone - Splicecom
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| SpliceCom Maximiser is a
business IP phone system. It just happens
to be constructed around a pure IP core
because we had the luxury of starting
completely from scratch when we were
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| The use of this
particular IP phone technology has allowed the
delivery of greater scalability, flexibility
and more advanced features than traditional TDM based, or IP Enabled TDM phone systems.
Of increasing importance to businesses is
the fact that this approach also provides an
easy – not to mention cost effective – way
of directly converging your telephone system
with the World Wide Web, intranet and other
web-enabled IT applications. This is the
basis of what the Gartner Group term the
Real Time Enterprise; increasing work force
efficiency and reducing end-to-end business
process by using web-based applications to
get the right information to the right
people at the right time. |
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Maximiser uses the PCS 410, PCS 100, PCS
Operators Console and PCS 50 IP Softphone
for Windows and Mac OS X to deliver a
sophisticated end to end pure IP phone
solution – where and when required. |
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H.323 and SIP
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No need to choose when you can use
both at the same time with SpliceCom Maximiser, as the 5100
and 5108 Call Servers both support H.323 and the
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). These two
protocols provide different alternatives for
initiating, modifying, and terminating an
interactive user session that involves multimedia
elements – or setting up a Voice over IP phone
call as it’s more commonly known. Support for SIP,
which has its roots in the IP community (it’s
similar to HTTP and shares some of its design
principles) from both manufacturers and service
providers is growing. On the other hand, H.323 is
more mature protocol and has its basis in ISDN. Both
H.323 and SIP use the Real Time Transport Protocol (RTP)
to carry the actual media (voice or video) stream
once the call has been set-up.
SpliceCom Maximiser allows both H.323 and SIP
devices to be concurrently supported across a single
system, with calls being passed seamlessly between
both types of terminals. SIP Desktop Phones from
Linksys, Polycom, Grandstream, Elmeg/SNOM & Safecom
have been tested with maximiser, alongside SIP WiFi
phones from Hitachi.
H.323 and SIP Trunk services are also supported on
SpliceCom Maximiser through the use of IP Trunk Licences.
Although these Next Generation trunk services are
currently in their infancy, maximiser has already
been successfully tested with SIP services from
Gamma Telecom, VoIP Unlimited, Voiceflex/Frontier
Telecom and Gradwell/Margathea Telecom. Testing has
also been successfully completed with Border Gateway
Controllers (BGCs) supplied by Hipcom. maximiser
embraces ISDN, H.323 and SIP trunks as equals,
providing true one-world communications without the
need for additional Gateways, delivering both choice
and future-proofing. |
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Migrating to IP Telephony - one step at a time
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| The ideal scenario for the
introduction of IP Telephony is the Greenfield site.
As the majority of companies don't have this “start
from scratch” luxury, maximiser has been developed
to integrate with your current network
infrastructure, exactly as it stands, so maintaining
your current investment and enabling migration to
full IP Tphones at your own pace. |
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PBX Replacement
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If you're looking to replace an
existing business telephone system that's run out of steam,
then the investment protection offered to you by the
SpliceCom Maximiser is likely to be a key factor in your
decision making process. You can install the
required number of Maximiser modules, Call Server,
Trunk and IP Phones, in a single cabinet in exactly the
same manner as a traditional PBX.
SpliceCom allows you to retain your existing
investment in copper plant. By terminating your
existing twisted pair cabling with RJ45 connectors
they can be directly connected to the Phone modules.
Maximiser allows you to retain your existing
investment in traditional analogue phones - but
provides far greater facilities. A single connection
from the 5100 or 5108 Call Server fed into your
existing LAN is all it takes to further energise
these phones by allowing them to utilise existing
desktop PCs and laptops (Windows, Mac OS X and
Linux) to run the PCS 50 Phone Partner.
The QoS LAN Switch integral to the Call Server
ensures that your voice and data traffic remain on
separate networks. Want to move into the world of IP
Telephony? Then just connect Category 5 cables (or
better) directly to the Maximiser Call Server - or a LAN
Switch connected directly to the Call Server - and
your PCS 410s, PCS 100s SIP or H.323/H.450 compliant
IP phones. This allows you to change the telephony
mix and migrate to the newer voice technologies as
and when it’s right for your particular
organisational needs, but you can still keep your
voice and data networks separate. |
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Utilising your Existing LAN Infrastructure
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| Do the LAN Switches you're
currently using on your network support Quality of
Service (QoS)? If the answer’s no it doesn't matter
- with the SpliceCom Maximiser you still have full
access to ALL the business benefits it has to offer
by keeping your voice and data traffic separate.
However, if you're using a structured cabling scheme
for voice and data connectivity, then SpliceCom Maximiser can
deliver further cost savings and efficiencies to
your organisation. You can now distribute Call
Server, Trunk & Phone modules exactly where they're
needed throughout your building or campus, rather
than being forced to centralise them within a single
cabinet - as is the case with traditional and indeed
IP-enabled PBXs. Now cables for analogue extensions
only need to run from the desk to the riser where
the Phone Module can be located - a single LAN cable
handles up to 34 concurrent phone calls between the
Phone Module and the Call Server. A single
connection between the Call Server and your existing
LAN network allows the PCS 50 IP Phone Partner to be
run on desktop PCs, delivering all the benefits of
the PCS 410 to your analogue phone users. Again, PCS
410s and PCS 100s can be connected directly to the
Call Server or via low-cost LAN switches dedicated
to voice traffic - this being the case these
switches do not require QoS support. |
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| If your LAN infrastructure
equipment already supports QoS, Maximiser allows you
to fully converge your voice & data networks.
Connectivity of Call Server, Trunk & Phone modules
along with PCS 410 and PCS 100 IP phones can be
overlaid on top of your existing IP network. Where
the latter two devices are deployed, only one LAN
cable to the desktop is now required and IP Softphones, such as the PCS 50, running on desktop
or laptop PCs (Windows and Apple Mac OS X) can be
utilised. The upshot of this is only one network for
voice & data, far less equipment to manage and a
massive reduction in the amount of cabling required. |
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Legacy PBX Migration
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Many companies will have made significant
investments in their central site PBX that they're
not ready to write-off just yet. Some will have
little desire to disrupt everyday operations, yet
want to trial IP phones in anticipation of
short-to-medium business needs. Others will have
PBXs that cannot be upgraded to support IP in the
future or the cost of an IP phone system upgrade is deemed
excessive. A few may need to bring a new branch
office on-line, but not want to invest further in
their current preferred, yet aging PBX solution. For
all of these scenarios, and many more, Maximiser can
be used in conjunction with your existing telephone
system.
Deploying maximiser behind your existing PBX (or
fronting it) can be achieved simply via DPNSS or
using PRI or BRI S Bus connection(s). This allows
calls and CLI information to be automatically routed
and manually transferred between switches. In
situations where remote networking of SpliceCom Maximiser to a
central site PBX is required, this can be achieved
over a DPNSS links, or over an existing IP WAN
router infrastructure between offices with a Call
Server acting as a central-site gateway. In
scenarios where no data link between sites already
exists, SpliceCom Maximiser’s integral IP WAN router can be
utilised to enable the transport of inter-site voice
calls and data, between offices, over a single link.
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